If i have 1k how to trade future

[Heyui67]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

[Oshosondy]

The leverage you should use will depend on the coins you want to trade. There are some altcoins that do not need leverage at all. There are some that require you to trade with less than your trading fund.  But if you are talking about bitcoin, it depends on how good you are but do not go more than 3x.

[Eternad]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

Don’t use 100% of your capital in one trade and use the lowest possible margin such as x2 to x3 only per position.  Lastly, don’t trade a very volatile assets which you can determine using price chart, those token print huge wick are the one that is too volatile which not advisable to trade using margin because it can liquidate or stop loss your position in just a quick period of time.

Stop loss will help you to minimize your risk but since you are only using partial margin and lower leverage. I think your position will last longer.

[joniboini]

What do you mean by "safe trade"? Do you want to avoid risk as much as possible? Do you want to make sure you still end up with 1K when the trade ends? Your question has a lot of hidden assumptions like your risk profile, your profit target, etc. Nobody can handhold you to do your margin trade with just that information, and you should not rely on some random advice from strangers, to begin with.

Maybe you should learn and practice on a demo trading platform or trade with some spare funds to get familiar with how the market works first. Experience is as important as having money to trade, especially in such a risky environment like margin trading.

[BlackBoss_]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

Trading is risky so there is nothing called as safe trade. When you open a trading position, it's a risky one and you can lose money with it. So don't trade if you can not afford to lose money.

To hold position for say two days

I would never let my trading position opens over night or let's say more than 24 hours. I usually close my position after like 4 hours, 6 hours or 12 hours, I don't like to let it opens longer.

And which safe laverage to use

When you use leverages, it is more risky than no leverage. As I said, trading is risky already and when you use leverages for your trading, the risk is bigger. Don't use leverage!

[coinerer]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

You can always be safe if you stay away from margin trade or futures trading. Because it behaves like gambling.  With Bitcoin you can leverage up to 125x where if the price moves towards your target it will bring you a big profit and if the price moves in the opposite direction of your target you will face a huge loss which can make your balance 0 and its  Then panic and don't hesitate to invest more and take 2x leverage from the previous period which will gradually lead you to more losses.

And which safe laverage to use

If you want to trade somewhat safe then never take more than 3x leverage. This may make your profit less and slower but the loss will be the same. So always the less leverage you can take the better for you. Because too much leverage will always keep you tense and prevent you from making decisions with a cool head. Which will always cause your loss

[armanda90]

Don't use all your fund $1000 for future trading and left around 200$ to 300$ to make far away with liquidation price, actually its bigger fund $1000 for future trading and you have use small leverage around x3 to x5. Future trading is risk trading with potential liquid notification and all your capital loss but have advantage with future trading to earn profit not waiting price coins up but you can earn profit when market dump by opening short position. First time with future trading better use as small leverage and don't try with most bigger leverage until 125x due close with liquidation.

Looking for good exchange have lower fees for future trading, regarding Binance have bigger fees exactly when your position more than 8 hours you have to pay funding fees beside with your future trading transaction when opening and close position.

[michellee]

You can use whatever margin you want but everything has risks. If you can accept the risk, you can continue trading. If market conditions are moving well, you can hold the position for up to two days or even three days before closing the trade.

But it will depend on the coin. I usually use small leverage under 5x-10x because trading in futures is very risky. If you can't analyze, it's better to avoid trying in future trading. You should continue learning to use spot trading until you can analyze it well.

And don't use $1k to trade but use $1k to invest every month using DCA. That will give you profits if you want to avoid analyzing.

[thecodebear]

No about of leverage can be considered safe. Leverage by its very nature is taking on a lot of EXTRA risk above and beyond the normal risk of trading, which is already high.

And I'd say don't do futures, that just increases the risk even further!

I've never done any futures stuff or options or whatever, but from what I can tell futures is just betting on the price of something for a specific amount of time. That's riskier than putting in a trade and waiting for your sell order to hit, because with futures there is a specific end time. It is straight up time-based betting.


If you want to make money in a lower risk (still not safe) way, spot trade with no leverage. If you are successful you will gradually build up your trading stash over the long term. You should prove to yourself that you are good enough at trading to make money by spot trading with your $1000. If you haven't even proven to yourself that you can be really successful in trading, then your leveraged futures trading strategy is based on you hoping to get lucky which is always an awful strategy and if you're leveraging your money then that could not just be awful for totally disastrous for you. Personally I would NEVER trade on margin. Far too risky. That's how people financially ruin themselves.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

Experience is as important as having money to trade, especially in such a risky environment like margin trading.

Very correct cos OP's question suggests lack of experience in trading and he's trying to minimize his loss while He's practicing. But why jump into doing the  real thing with limited experience?. You need to learn and learn well before fully engaging. This question is  part of the information you should gather when learning and using demo accounts, so you don't land yourself into trouble and lose out precious funds outrightly. I just hope you're using a demo account to avoid had I known.

[mk4]

"Margin" and "safe trade" shouldn't really be in the same sentence. That's exactly why people use margin — to increase risk, for potentially more profit(or losses); not for their trades to be more safe lol.

And if you're asking these types of questions, you're better off not using futures trading.

[adaseb]

The only safe leverage is 1:1 which is no leverage at all. If you go 10x on your $1000 you will get stopped when the prices goes $100 against you, when you account for margin requirement and fees you will technically get stopped earlier.

Don’t believe all those screenshots showing how someone took $1000 and made It into a million. Many of those are photoshopped or they just got extremely lucky. Most traders don’t make that much money in reality.

[Oshosondy]

The only safe leverage is 1:1 which is no leverage at all.

1x leverage is also leverage.

You are not wrong that using leverage is highly risky and that 1x margin ratio is better. But it also depends, because some people may have $1000 but trade with leverage like 0.5x or low. From 0.5x leverage, that means using $500 to trade from $1000. This is done by traders that do not want ti risk too much money on trading.

[Crypt0Gore]

Futures trading is the most risky, for beginners it's a bad idea and the wrong place to start your trading career, do you even know how to trade spot? I think that's the right place to start your trading lesson, take time to study about trading online and find a good trading course, follow a trading master on YouTube, they use to have good course and tools, some come with the tricks and calling tools, you don't even need to study chart, you just need to follow the tools signals, mind you they are also very costly, more than a thousand dollars.

Many people won't tell you this, but that's what they do, see, nothing is for free, and there is no free way to make money, if you want to learn trading without spending money on courses and tools it's possible but be ready to make a lot of mistakes.

Make sure you know how to use stop lose too, if a trade go against you, some part of your money will be saved, you are to set your risk/reward yourself but make sure you learn how to, do not jump into anything about trading, it's very risky.

[terrific]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

If you don't know how, don't do it. And there is no such thing as trading safely with leverage. You have to take the risk that it has.
Whether it's with minimal leverage or not, the risk remains there and that's not guarateeing you safety from doing so.
And holding for two days? come on, you might even just burn that $1k easily.

[Natalim]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

Please keep in mind that there is no safe trade in trading, it is a risky job and even more difficult for newcomers.
If you want to survive and see your funds for at least 2 days OP, you need to start the basic and choose spot trading, not Future Trading. It Might be hard for you to understand how trading works at this time which is why I encourage you to prepare yourself first but all the answers to your questions can be found once you are actively doing trades. It means that there are a lot of things to find when you have a lot of trading experience.

[passwordnow]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

Don't margin trade because it's not even safe at all for those who have no idea how it goes. Keep that $1k in Bitcoin and by then, you'll have that safer side of the market. 

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

There's no safe if you are going to leverage. You say that you want to hold the position for two days. Then go to a spot and never try to think that you can adopt margin/leverage trading too easily when you have just talked about it now. But if you insist, learn more about futures trading and that's going to give you an idea on how brutal it is going to be for the newbies that don't know yet how to go along with it.

[GreatArkansas]

For me, the safest is to decide how much from your capital/balance you are willing to risk. Like for example 5% per trade. Then stick to that. Make sure on every trade, the total size is 5% of your balance, with leverage or without. And consider also the cross/isolated if you are trading future, make sure you understand them.

[Stable090]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

Are you for real? You have $1,000, and what you think about is future trading, why don’t you trade on the spot? Seriously, you're just trying to take a great risk, which I won’t really encourage you to take. If you want to trade, it’s better to trade on spot. From your question, I can see you're still new to trading. You trying to trade on future might lead you to lose a large amount of money.
 
But if you still want to trade futures, make sure you don’t go into a trade with all your money, always trade with some parts of your money, and always use small leverage so that you won’t easily get liquidated. I am not supposed to give you leverage to use, but always make sure your leverage is 5x or less. The higher your leverage, the higher your chances of losing money, so always maintain small leverage.

[Awaklara]

If ihave 1k how much to use margin for safe trade

To hold position for say two days

And which safe laverage to use

You must determine your assets first before you determine your trading position. and what you need to remember when you increase leverage in opening a trading position. that means you also increase your risk.
If you don't really understand futures trading, it's better to use spot trading. or if you want to use leverage, it is better to use it as low as possible to start with. the conditions of each asset are different, you cannot use the same strategy for all assets you want to trade.

I hope you have a pleasant trading experience.